I’m in a crappy mood. Pollen season means headaches and congestion, while I’m also generally depressed and uninterested in anything I used to like. Two things have cheered me up. The first: I bought DVD sets of both Automan and Probe so I can watch them over and over. (Yes, I’m obsessed. I’m toying with the idea of an essay on why Automan is the best superhero ever.)

The second: I’m reading Murder Princess for a review, and it’s surprisingly entertaining. Bounty hunter and princess swap bodies and have to defeat the mad scientist who killed the king. Just the kind of escapism I didn’t know I needed right now, and then I hit this panel:

It resonated with me, Buffy in a dress and her wacky friends on their way to save the kingdom.